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Wiley Rein LLP

Fourth Circuit: “Bump-Up” Exclusion Applies When Settlement Seeks to Cure Harms Associated with Undisclosed Conflict of Interest...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, applying Virginia law, has affirmed a district court’s ruling that a “bump-up” provision in a D&O policy applied to bar indemnity coverage for the settlement of...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

M&A in Brief: Q1 2024

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In a letter ruling, the Delaware Chancery Court held that where neither the target nor the acquiror was a Delaware entity, the transaction documents between the parties could not confer jurisdiction in the Chancery Court...more

Morris James LLP

Court Of Chancery Explains Investment Banker Conflict Leads To Aiding And Abetting Claim

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Here the banker failed to make a timely disclosure to its client that it had previously pitched the buyer to make a bid for the client. The Court found that in the context of a motion to dismiss the Board may have breached...more

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